Britain's Boris Johnson accused of Brexit 'backseat driving'

Sunday, 17 September 2017LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's foreign minister Boris Johnson was accused by cabinet colleagues on Sunday of "backseat driving" on Brexit after setting out his own vision of the country's future outside the European Union.

"We send the EU £350 million a week, let's fund our NHS instead." These now infamous words, written on the side of a Vote Leave bus during the EU referendum in 2016, sparked one of the biggest debates during the Brexit campaign. Now, with U.K. Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson once again pledging the...

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